Tamaki Tech

The first thing I noticed when I walked through the doors was the smell. It was a metallic smell as well a scent of wood. We were at Tamaki College for tech. There was Food tech, Hard materials and Electronics. We take these classes to get us ready for college.

In hard materials, six tables were set up for us. Mr Grundy greeted us at the door and told us to sit down. He handed us little books and asked if we all had a pencil. In the book there were faint lines of what Mr Grundy called a housing joint. A plank of wood. You cut the end off and chisel out cut in the rest of the wood. It was drawn in different ways to show how we could use the joint.

Mr Grundy showed us some of the things the students last term made. There were space ships, trucks, a helicopter and much more. He said that we need to decide what we are going to start making next week. I was drawing some things that I could make, but it didn’t look too good. So I decided to choose between the two best drawings, a hover car, or a box. I hover car is what I want to do in the next couple of weeks.

It was nearly time to leave when a group of students from food tech came and knocked on the door. Names were being called out, one by one. Everyone had their own. They all looked so cool. That made me think a lot about how my car is.

I am looking forward to making my hover car and learning new skills in hard materials.